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    "country_name": "Austria",
    "level": "regional",
    "subdivision": "AT-4",
    "subdivision_name": "Upper Austria",
    "date": "2027-09-26",
    "date_status": "tentative",
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    "timezone": "Europe/Vienna",
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      "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-30: Oö. L-VG Art. 16, 18 and Oö. LWO §§1, 37, 71, 72 (RIS, versions of 30 Sep 2026); land-oberoesterreich.gv.at (elections index, LT21 Wahlbericht); ORF Upper Austria (26 Sep 2021, 20 Sep 2026); APA via vienna.at (1 Oct 2021).",
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        "name": "State Parliament (Landtag)",
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        "polls_close_utc": "2027-09-26T14:00:00Z",
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          "name": "Upper Austria State Electoral Board",
          "name_local": "Landeswahlbehörde (Amt der Oö. Landesregierung)",
          "role": "electoral-commission",
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          "from": "2027-09-28T22:00:00Z",
          "by": "2027-10-08T21:59:59Z",
          "confidence": "precedent",
          "basis": "The state electoral board (Landeswahlbehörde) records the result and announces it by posting it on the notice board of the Office of the Upper Austrian State Government (Oö. LWO §71(4)). Party representatives may object to the figures within three days of an announcement (§72). No statutory deadline for the announcement was found in the LWO. The new Landtag must be able to meet within four weeks of the election (Oö. L-VG Art. 18(3)). 2021 precedent: the final result was announced (\"kundgemacht\") on Friday 1 Oct 2021, five days after the 26 Sep vote, unchanged from Monday's preliminary result (APA via vienna.at, 1 Oct 2021). The board's notice itself was not found online. The opening (Wednesday 29 Sep 2027, 00:00 CEST) is an ESTIMATED floor. The window closes at the end of Friday 8 Oct 2027, CEST, one week later than in 2021, because no deadline binds it. The date is still tentative; shift the windows if the election is called for another day."
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            "stage": "election-night",
            "from": "2027-09-26T14:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-09-27T21:59:59Z",
            "replacedAt": "2027-09-28T22:00:00Z",
            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "Date TENTATIVE: the election has not been called. The Landtag's term is six years from its first sitting (Oö. L-VG Art. 18(1)), and the last election was on Sunday 26 Sep 2021. The state government calls the election by notice in the Landesgesetzblatt, naming a Sunday as polling day and a cut-off date on the 82nd day before it (Oö. LWO §1(2)-(3)). For 26 Sep 2027 that cut-off would be 6 Jul 2027. ORF (20 Sep 2026) reports that there is no official date yet and names Sunday 26 Sep 2027 as the earliest regular date, four weeks before the term ends. That four-week reading is ORF's; no statutory text found here states it. A dissolution by constitutional law (Art. 18) would change the date. Polls: each municipal electoral board sets its own hours (LWO §37(2)). In 2021 polling stations closed at 16:00 at the latest (ORF, 26 Sep 2021), which is taken here as the close: 16:00 CEST = 14:00 UTC. 2021 precedent: postal votes and other voting cards were counted on polling day, and a result was expected around 22:00 (ORF, 26 Sep 2021). The preliminary result including postal votes was published on Monday 27 Sep with minor corrections (APA, 1 Oct 2021). The window closes at the end of Monday 27 Sep 2027, CEST. This is the preliminary count, not the official result.",
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            "from": "2027-09-28T22:00:00Z",
            "by": "2027-10-08T21:59:59Z",
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            "confidence": "precedent",
            "citation": "The state electoral board (Landeswahlbehörde) records the result and announces it by posting it on the notice board of the Office of the Upper Austrian State Government (Oö. LWO §71(4)). Party representatives may object to the figures within three days of an announcement (§72). No statutory deadline for the announcement was found in the LWO. The new Landtag must be able to meet within four weeks of the election (Oö. L-VG Art. 18(3)). 2021 precedent: the final result was announced (\"kundgemacht\") on Friday 1 Oct 2021, five days after the 26 Sep vote, unchanged from Monday's preliminary result (APA via vienna.at, 1 Oct 2021). The board's notice itself was not found online. The opening (Wednesday 29 Sep 2027, 00:00 CEST) is an ESTIMATED floor. The window closes at the end of Friday 8 Oct 2027, CEST, one week later than in 2021, because no deadline binds it. The date is still tentative; shift the windows if the election is called for another day.",
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            "observedAt": null,
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        "sources": [
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            "url": "https://www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at/wahlen.htm",
            "role": "results-final",
            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "no election or results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Upper Austria state government elections index, with results and reports for past elections including the 2021 Landtag election. Not a page for this election. On 30 Sep 2026, wahl.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at/BE40000.htm?g=40000 redirected here. No 2027 results URL is predicted.",
            "check": null
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          {
            "url": "https://www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at/Mediendateien/Formulare/Dokumente%20PraesD%20Abt_Stat/LT21-Wahlbericht.pdf",
            "role": "see-also",
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            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
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            "note": "2021 precedent: the state government's election report, \"Endergebnis der Landtagswahl vom 26. September 2021\" (with postal votes), 56 seats.",
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            "note": "Oö. Landtagswahlordnung (Oö. LWO), RIS consolidated version of 30 Sep 2026. §1(2): the state government calls the election by notice in the Landesgesetzblatt, naming polling day and a cut-off date (Stichtag) on the 82nd day before polling day. §1(3): polling day is a Sunday. §37(2): each municipal electoral board sets its voting hours at least 14 days ahead, for at least four hours. §71(4): the state electoral board (Landeswahlbehörde) announces the result by posting it on the notice board of the Office of the State Government. §72: parties may object to the figures within three days of an announcement.",
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            "origin": "race",
            "note": "Oö. Landes-Verfassungsgesetz, RIS consolidated version of 30 Sep 2026. Art. 16(1): the Landtag has 56 members. Art. 18(1): the term lasts six years from the Landtag's first sitting, and in any case until the new Landtag meets. Art. 18(3): the new Landtag must be able to meet within four weeks of the election.",
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            "url": "https://ooe.orf.at/stories/3371888/",
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            "kind": "other",
            "kindReason": "election page without a results marker",
            "resolvable": false,
            "origin": "race",
            "note": "ORF Upper Austria, 20 Sep 2026: \"Offiziell gibt es zwar noch keinen Wahltermin für die Landtagswahl im Jahr 2027, aber der ehestmögliche reguläre ist der Sonntag vier Wochen vor Ende der Legislaturperiode – also der 26. September.\"",
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            "note": "ORF Upper Austria, 26 Sep 2021 (polling day): \"Oberösterreichs Wahllokale schließen spätestens um 16.00 Uhr\" and \"Heute Abend, gegen 22.00 Uhr sollte das endgültige Ergebnis vorliegen, denn die Briefwahl und die anderen Wahlkarten werden in Oberösterreich gleich heute ausgezählt. Amtlich wird das Endergebnis mit der Sitzung der Landeswahlbehörde kurz nach der Wahl.\"",
            "check": null
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            "url": "https://www.vienna.at/das-offizielle-endergebnis-der-ooe-wahl-2021/7143345",
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            "note": "APA report on vienna.at, Friday 1 Oct 2021: the final result \"ist am Freitag kundgemacht worden – und damit 'amtlich'\". It was unchanged from the preliminary result including postal votes, published on Monday 27 Sep with minor corrections to Sunday's figures.",
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